Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V. DEDICATION AND WOBK IN ADELAIDE. SHORT being desirous of holding his first ordination on the anniversary of his own con- secration, fixed 8t. Peter's Day, June 29th, 1848, for that event. The candidates were the Rev. W. H. Coombs, of Gawler, for priest's orders, with J. H. Fulford and myself for deacons' orders. The examining chaplain was Archdeacon Hale, afterwards Bishop of Perth. This being the first occasion of the kind in South Australia very considerable interest was manifested, and on the day of ordination Trinity Church, which the Bishop had adopted as his pro-cathedral, was densely crowded. The service was, to me at least, a peculiarly solemn one, for I felt that I was then and there being dedicated to what was to be my life's work, viz., to aid in establishing a branch of the Church of England, and an educational system in this newly founded province. After service, the Bishop, clergy, and sundry laity were invited to dine with Mr. V. S. Dutton, the occasion being made quite a fete—a very agreeable termination to a period of mental strain and anxiety. 1 considered myself now fairly launched on my sphere of duty, viz., to conduct school, train teachers, and take such ministerial duty on Sundays as the Bishop might direct. The Rev. T. P. Wilson being in the like position, between ns we held services as often as possible at Walkerville, Magill, the Sturt, Hindmarsh, Glenelg, andother places. Our list of clergy then consisted of the Bishop; Archdeacon Hale, stationed for a short time at Kensington and afterwards at St. John's ; the Revs. J. Farrell, Trinity Church; W. J. Woodcock, St. John's, and afterwards Christ Church, North Adelaide ; G. Newenham, Port Adelaide; J. Pollitt, Mount Barker; J. Bagshawe, Burra Burra ; A. B. Burnett, Willnnga ; W. H. ... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.